Brownies' gifts commendable and generous Day of prayer Be safe Trust

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE I read the April 10 "Kids can be taught true nature of giving" letter in The Tribune and was amazed that anyone would criticize a group of 6-and 7-year-olds for doing a good deed. This troop of Brownie Girl Scouts is made up of first-graders who decided to share their proceeds from the recent cookie sale. Through their actions they demonstrated two principles of the Girl Scout movement. First, by voting how to use their proceeds they exercised the democratic process and practiced decision-making skills. Second, they opted to help others with some of their funds. Helping others is a part of the Girl Scout Promise these first-graders are learning to live by. This is only one of the community service projects this troop, and all Girl Scout troops, perform regularly around our community in both large and small ways. Instead of criticizing the first-graders of Troop 93, I think they should all be commended for putting their ideals into action and making the world a better place. Who has more power and authority than all the governments of this world? We need to unite in prayer for America and call out to the one who rules the nations! The annual National Day of Prayer service is Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Battell Center, 904 N. Main St., Mishawaka. As we humble ourselves before God and pray and seek his face and turn from our wicked ways, he will hear and forgive our sins and heal our land. See you on May 3! Our community is nearing the high school prom and graduation season. Mothers Against Drunk Driving wants students to have a good time, but wants them to leave alcohol and other drugs out of their celebrations, and live to remember all of it. Teens need to think about the choices they make and how their choices affect them now and in their future. One bad decision can ruin their reputations, grades, hopes to play sports or college plans, or cause injury or death. Underage drinking costs precious lives and money. Alcohol is the No. 1 youth drug problem and kills more than all other drugs combined. Alcohol plays a role in the leading causes of death for youth: homicides, suicides and unintentional injuries. Underage drinking also costs society $61.9 billion a year. Prom and graduation time are the best times of a teen's high school life, filled with wonderful and happy memories and great achievements and accomplishments. Graduation is the rite of passage to a bright and happy future full of many wonderful possibilities and gifts our youth can give us all for a better world. Make the right choice, not the easy and most popular choice. Please, be safe. In the April 9 Voice of the People, Robert Warye wrote that President George W. Bush should be impeached for lying to the American people to go to war in Iraq. I disagree. You impeach a president for lying under oath about having sex in the White House (remember?). But when the president's lies cause more than 3,300 dead, 25,000 wounded and he spends more than $100 billion a year on the war, that should be treason, not impeachment. The president also took the United States from being one of the most respected, admired, trusted and loved countries in the world, to one of the most hated countries. In less than six years Bush, Vice President Cheney, former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and company lost the trust and respect that it took us decades to build. WRITE TO US